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Okay, I'll point out the obvious: Dracula, in the novel, is a count, making him an aristocrat from his very inception. This is not a later addition. harker describes him as "courtly" and "courteous."
And Castle Dracula is not a ruin. Harker refers to the "extraordinary evidence of wealth," particularly the gold table service of "immense value." Also: "The curtains and upholstery of the chairs and sofas and the hangins of my bed are of the costlierst and most beautiful fabrics, and must have been of fabulous value when they wer made, for they are centuries old, though in excellent order."
Max Shreck in the over-rated NOSFERATU --with his bald head and rat teeth -- really has little to do with the author's conception. Both Lugosi and Lee, in different ways, come much closer.
Of course, there is one big difference between screen Draculas and the book, and this comes from the Hamilton Deane play in the 1920s. In the book, Dracula is a shadowy character who is mostly off-screen. In the play he is transformed into a character who moves unobtrusively in upper-crust society; hence, the tie and tuxedo image that persists to this day.
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